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- verb to venture beyond one's
purview
Etymologies
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From the Latin phrase ultra crepidam ("beyond the sandal"). An allusion to the response of the Greek painter Apelles to a cobbler's criticism, as recorded by Pliny the Elder.
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whichbe commented on the word ultracrepidate
To criticize beyond sphere of one's knowledge. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008